Fortunately we've all got different feelings about this--or we'd all be at the same place. I like being near the sea, but also where there is some culture--I was on the French and Italian Rivieras last summer--there is the sea, hill top villages, lots of wine and culture, even art museums, lots of the stuff I like--so it is definitely A favorite. I also like Greece and just about anywhere in the Mediteranean. There are too many wonderful places to choose just one. I also like to explore new places
I did respond to and talk to and even arrange to meet a man who had not posted his picture, when I was on another site and first started doing this internet dating thing. He sent me pictures after I gave him my personal e-mail address. He was in America and coming to Europe for a trip, so we had a date when he was here. He looked like his picture, and that was fine. We did not connect and he went home and we did not recontact each other. I still don't know about him--if he was really available or not--think he probably was. He was not very good looking (and I think that may be a reason not to post a picture--if you are very insecure--as we are not all great beauties anyway), and he did send his picture to me personally, so what's the difference--why not just post it in the first place? I still am suspicious that he might have been married...don't know. Didn't like him when I met him--which shows that it isn't just the picture--you can manipulate someone's impression of you by being one way when you are talking via the internet or even telephone, then be something else in person. With all the variables, at least a simple thing like a picture should be available.
If you have a picture you can send to anyone, why can't you just post it? Again, it looks like you are hiding something--like maybe you are not available and don't want someone to find out you're on a dating site.
Of course the picture can be a fake--however, it seems less likely to be if it looks like a natural picture. My feeling is that if someone can't post their picture, something is wrong--what are they hiding? I'm not interested in talking to a mask. This idea that why can't the woman just be interested in me--why does she have to know what I look like? --This is just a disingenuous ploy to distract from the real issue--which is that people should be as open, upfront and straightforward as possible when attempting to engage in dialogue with another person. Hiding behind a blank mask is none of those things.
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I also like to explore new places 
I think I should be comforting you--your loss is much more recent.
Women--How much do you like it if your man brings/sends you flowers (real ones, not virtual)